Yeah, no way I'm not going to be with him on Christmas Eve....

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After a while I say that I need to leave.
"I'll bring you some of your stuff okay?" I smile.
"Yeah, don't make it too long though." He smirks.
"Of course not." I smirk back and leave.

When I walk into the hallway I see that Madison and Ashley left.
Duh.
I walk outside to my car and call Ashley.
I put her on speaker, lay my phone on my dashboard and start the car.
"Hey, Sierra. How did it went with Ashton? Is he okay?" She picks up.
"Depends what you mean by okay... But he says he's not having a lot of pain. But I was calling for something else..."
"What?"
"Get into your car. We're going Christmas shopping."
"What?"
"We meet at the cafe next to Forever 21. You have 15 minutes. Starting now." I hang up and drive to the mall.


When I arrive at the cafe I see that Ashley is already there.
"What's wrong?" She runs to me when she sees me.
"We gotta get Christmas presents." I smirk.
"Now?"
"Now."
"Why?"
"Because Ashton brought it up. He said that I needed to celebrate Christmas with you instead of him because he would only 'annoy' me." I roll my eyes.
"So...?"
"So, we're going Christmas shopping and we're going to make sure that Ashton's room looks festive and cute and Christmas-ish."
She giggles and nods her head.
"Let's go."


So, we got decorations, presents, candy, outfits... Basically everything we could find that had something to do with the holidays.


"So, what's the plan?" Ashley asks when we have a break at a cafe.
"I just called the hospital. They're willing to put Ashton in another room for a few hours so we can decorate the other one." She nods her head.
"Let's do it." She smirks. I smile and take another sip of my coffee.
"How's your love life?" I smirk and wiggle my eyebrows.
"None of you business."
"I'm your best friend! It is my business."
She smirks.
"No one special." She says.
"Bullshit. You're lying."
"I'm not!"
"Ashley, I've known you for over 10 years. I can see when you're lying."
She sighs.
"There was this cute guy I met at a bar. We hooked up a couple times, went on a few dates, that's it."
I feel bad for not knowing that. I've been so busy with my own life, I didn't even listen to hers anymore.
"And...?" I ask on.
"It's been a few weeks.."
"And you didn't call him?"
"He told me that he would call me."
I smirk.
"Gimme your phone." I hold up my hand.
"No way, you're not-"
"I am." I grab the phone out of her bag and search for the number.
"What's his name?" I ask.
"Like I'm gonna tell you."
I look at her and she sighs.
"Kevin." She mumbles.
I smirk and dial the number.
"Hello?" I hear him pick up, definitely having a hangover.
"Hey boo." I say with a high pitched voice.
"Uhh.. Hey honey, what's wrong?"
"Well, I was just thinking about why you didn't call me anymore, so I decided to call you myself."
"I'm sorry babe, I was just very busy with work."
"You know, you never told me what you do for living..."
"I'm a... Uhh.. A lawyer."
"Oh, really, but am I not disturbing anything then?"
"No of course not baby. What about I take you out for dinner tonight?"
"I can't tonight.. But I would love to go tomorrow.."
"Any time you want babe."
"Can I stay over for the night?" I hear him chuckle.
"But of course."
"Okay, I gotta go now. Love you, bye." I hang up the phone and burst out in laughter.
"What did you do?!" She hits my forehead, getting totally pale.
"You're having a date with him tomorrow night and you're staying over at his place." I laugh.
"What?!?!"
I just laugh on.
"What if he's a drugs dealer?! Or takes me with him to Paris and I need to have sex with all kinds of dirty men?!"
"Please, I'm not letting you go alone, I'm coming with you."
She sighs and rolls her eyes.
"Let's just see how it goes then."



After a few days I still didn't went to Ashton once and tonight is Christmas Eve. Ashley came to my house already. We drive to the hospital with all the decorations and Christmas tree.


I call the hospital to say that we're here and they reply that they'll get Ashton to another room.


-Ashton's POV-

I wake up from two people walking into my room.
Without saying anything they begin to get my bed of his breaks and roll me away.
"Hey, where we going?" I ask.
"We're just gonna put you in another room for a few hours."
"Why?"
"There's a emergency and they need the room for an hour or two." I frown but nod my head.
"You're the boss." I shrug.


-Sierra's POV-


We wait until we get a call from the nurse, saying that Ashton is out of his room.
"Okay, then we'll be there soon." I hang up the phone.
"Let's go." I smirk.
We get out of the car and walk sneakily into the hospital.
Visitors stare at us as we walk through the hallways to Ashton's room.
The nurse already saw us and opens the door to his room. I mumble a quick 'thank you' before she closes the door behind me.
"So.. Where do we start?" Ashley asks, releasing a sigh from the heavy decorations.
"With the Christmas tree?"
She nods her head and we begin to search for the different parts.
"Did you ever put up one of these things?" Ashley asks.
"Uhh.. No.. My dad used to get a real tree every year... You?" I laugh.
"Nope."
We burst out in laughter.
"We'll figure this out. It can't be that hard." I roll my eyes.


After we made the tree an actual tree we begin to hang the ornaments in it.
"I like this one." I say holding up a little silver star.
Ashley nods her head.
"It's pretty." She mumbles.
I hang it in the tree and grab another ornament.


After 2 hours of decorating the whole room we look at the result.
"Satisfied?" Ashley asks.
I smile and nod my head.


In the corner was a little Christmas tree. There were light hanging around the room. And the present were still on his night stander.


"Let's go change." Ashley says.
I grab the present from the table.
"Yeah." I walk with her to my car and we drive to my house.



-Ashton's POV-

.
After an hour or 2 I finally can get back to my room.
When they open the door my eyes widen.
"Who did this?" I ask.
The nurses keep silent. I roll my eyes, of course they're not gonna tell me.
"Is this something the hospital does every year?" I ask.
Again, no answers are given.
Fine, then you don't say anything. I sigh and see them walk away.
I look around the room.
Well, this is something that gets you in the Christmas spirit.



-Sierra's POV-


After an hour of changing clothes and putting on my makeup I'm finally ready.
"And?" I ask as I give my look one more glance.
"Stunning." Ashley smirks.
"I wonder how long it will stay on." She adds still smirking.
"Ash! It's a hospital!"
"Well, with Ashton you never know."
I roll my eyes.
"Just go and tell me afterwards." She says.
"Of course, I'll see you tomorrow." I hug her before walking out of my house into my car.


I arrive at the hospital and get out quickly.
I walk into the elevator and push the button for the fourth floor.
I take a deep breath and smile at a elder lady who's looking at me.
"Who are you going to visit?" She asks.
"My boyfriend." I smile.
"I'm going to visit my husband." She sighs and her smile disappears.
I don't dare to ask what happened, but I don't need to because she talks on.
"He has cancer for three years now... It hurts to see him fighting like that.."
She comes closer to me and takes my hand.
"Time with your loved ones is precious my dear. You won't realise that until their life is on the edge. But make sure that you spend the time in the right way."
I'm too stunned to do anything so I just nod my head.
"Of course. I will."
She smiles and the elevate doors open.
She walks out without saying another word.
I frown, that was a little weird. I can't get her words out if my head though.
'Time with your loved ones is precious, make sure you spend it in the right way.'
I walk to Ashton's room and shake the feeling off.
I knock before peeking my head into his room.
A smile forms on his face when he sees me and I walk in.
"Hey." I put the presents back on the night stander and take off my jacket.
"Did you do all of this?" He smiles.
"With a little help of Ashley." I smile.
"I told you to spend Christmas with your friends.."
"I'm not going to let you sit here alone on Christmas! Ashton, I love you.."
"I love you too. But I couldn't get you presents, it's unfair."
"You have enough time to make it up to make it up to me later." I smirk.
He sighs.
"Just open your presents." I smile and hand him the first one.


We spend the evening together, talking about everything.
It just seems to go so natural now.
"I wonder what's going to happen to Hunter though." I begin.
"Don't start. Can't we just not talk about her right now?"
"She shot you! That's a crime!"
"I don't care what happens to her as long as she leaves us alone." I sigh.
"You're right, let's not talk about her."
He smiles and kisses my forehead since I ended up laying next to him in his bed.
"I had a great evening." He smiles.
"Me too." I smile.
"For once I'm happy that you didn't listen to me and still came." He pulls me closer.
I kiss his cheek.
"When do I listen to you?" I smirk.
"I'll make you listen when I'm out of this hospital." He smirks back.
He softly kisses me.
This night was absolutely perfect...

Notes

I just wanted to wish you a (very late) Merry Christmas and a happy new year ^-^.


One thing though: If Michael can date a 32 year old, then I can date a Calum Hood. Nobody can tell me I'm too young >:).

oml, that sounds like I'm 12 :')

anyway, hope you liked this chapter ^-^
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